Keeper Cormac Haslam has also been exceptional this season, so Galway fans will be hoping he can keep his form under pressure.

While Galway have been impressive, Kerry have outright dominated all their championship games this year.

The young Kerrymen powered past Derry to reach the semi-final (1-24 to 2-10), while their performance against Kildare left no doubt as to the team’s class (2-26 to 0-10).

The Galway minor team (Photo: INPHO/Donall Farmer)

Captain Sean O’Shea has proved a formidable force on the pitch, as have David Shaw and David Clifford, who look set to give the Galway backs a hard time.

The Munster champions are on track to win their third All-Ireland title in a row – for the second time.

Kerry minors haven’t managed this feat since the 1930s, and only two other teams have repeated it since – Dublin in the ‘50s and Cork in the ‘60s. No team has done it twice, however.

The Kerry minor team (Photo: INPHO/Donall Farmer)

It looks set to be a cracker at Croker on Sunday, so if you're heading to Dublin v Mayo, make sure you get there early.

Minor players are embarking on their adult lives, many are about to finish school and start college, they have hopes and dreams and ambitions, but for this one moment in time, the Electric Ireland Minor Championships is the major thing in their lives.

Minor Championships, Major Memories

A report commissioned by Electric Ireland, proud sponsor of the All-Ireland GAA Minor Championships, has shown that a massive 94% of people in Ireland believe that sport positively impacts on a person’s life. The study also shows 70% of Irish males played sport as a teenager, with 73% of those saying they are still friends with the people they played sports with in their teens.

Watch Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Bressie, Michael MacAuley and others talk about why football and hurling are so important in shaping young people’s lives.